The plant grows or grows up? I grew in Toronto or I grew up in Toronto? Is there a difference between grow and grow up? This lesson will explain what these words mean in English and when we use them, so you won’t make this common mistake again.

Hi Teacher Emma, I am an english student from Brazil, could you teach us about these subject ( Centimeter, Meter, Liter, Mile, Inch, Foot, Kilometer) is it different from Brazil? please I wll be glad kisses.

Thanks a lot, Emma!
It’s possibly to use this pharasal verb in the Canadian English figuratively, isn’t it.
For instance, ‘A giant car plant grew up here during five last years.’ I mean: from a zero to the state when cars are fabricated in large amount in five yers.

Monday, September 3rd 2012

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This is a possible way to use grow up, although it isn’t so common. In this case, grow up would mean to come into existence.

Hi Emma thanks so much for your efforts to teaching us.
Please, if possible I need the transcript of your explanation to be published with each lesson as a pdf file it will be more enhancing for our English learning.

Thank you for your question. In general, Fatima is right. We say children grow up too quickly which means that they mature and become adults too soon.

However, we may say children grow too quickly if we want to express that they’re physically growing too quickly, perhaps even outgrowing their clothing. They are not becoming adult-like or mature, rather they are physically becoming larger.

thank you so much for your lesson, plse read my comment concerning your expression (outgrowing from clothes, it is a real joke, In my country, that Kurdistan (North of Iraq) my people and even I, often say that the clothes have been small-sized for the children, instead of saying that the children have outgrown from their clothes,

i grew up in New York . grew up with objet is not correct, i have dout with this sentence

Monday, September 3rd 2012

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I’m glad you asked this question Heman.

An object and a preposition are two different things. In the sentence “I grew up in New York”, grew up is followed by the preposition “in”. It is grammatically correct to follow grew up with a preposition. For example, we could also say “I grew up on a farm”. In this case, our preposition is “on”.

If my sentence is “I grew up my plant”, the object is my plant. There is no preposition after grew up. This sentence is grammatically incorrect because we don’t use grow up with an object.

Hernan, I recommend to read something about Sentence Patterns, there may be an Object or an Adverbial after verbs, these two are different, object is the receiver of the effect of the verb, but an adverbial, in contrast to object, modifies the verb. take me notes if Emma said OK

Outstanding teaching, Emma! It’s only your personality that can match it) You’re one of the best here for sure.
This particular lesson was really helpful. Now there’s much less confusion for me with grow/grow up.
As I remember one of the students suggested in the comments to one of your earlier videos doing a lesson explaining the differences between THAN and THEN. I think that’ll be great too. Hope you’ll do it sometime.
Always a pleasure being in your class.

Tuesday, September 4th 2012

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You know my sister who is Canadian confuses “than” and “then” all the time. I think many native English speakers do. If there isn’t a video on this already, I’ll try to cover it! Thanks for the suggestion!

We can say an army or the army and a navy or the navy. It depends on if you are talking about an army generally (use an) or a specific army (use the). I think you will find the link above will help you with your question.

good one, Emma. I have one question not related with this topic but in the following sentence:
have you got something for a headache? in this sentence as we see used have & 2nd form of verb …….this bring little confusion for me

Tuesday, September 4th 2012

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This sentence is grammatically correct. In the US, you would more likely hear, “Do you have anything for a headache?”. In the UK, it is common to say “Have you got anything for a headache?”

Hey Emma, this is very interesting. I found it difficult to make sentences like I grew a beard. It’s difficult because usually the subject is the “doer”, but in this case the beard grew by itself on my face!! Thank you.

A very useful lesson thank you, but I have a question about a quiz question though.

My son is getting very tall. He ______________ five inches this year.

Well, if I’m not mistaken (according to the lessons about the past perfect tense on engvid), since the action happens in the present (this year) and started in the past, we suppose to use the present perfect tense in that case. So the sentence should look something like: My son is getting very tall. He has grown five inches this year.

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Hi Emma
Its are very interesting lessons. everyone has to get this opportunity through this website.
This lessons will remain in my memory.
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thank you very much emma and engvid

HI EMMA.THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR LESSONS.IT’S VERY IMPORTANT FOR ME BECAUSE I’M FROM ALGERIA SO MY LANGUAGE IS ARABIC BUT I ALWAYS TRY TO LEARN ENGLISH IN GOOD WAY AND WITH TEACHERS LIKE YOU.THANKS AGAIN

Hi Emma! Thanks for your lesson! I have a question
around the sentence below extracted from “Hotel California – Eagles”
“…My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim…”. For the grow verb theres no object, however it has adjective “heavy” for the “head”. It means that head became heavy and… . What do you have to talk about? It’s just idiomatic expression or grammatical?
thanks

Thank you, Emma. I am a portuguese speaker and your videos have helped me a lot. I’m trying to “grow” my english abillities and I believe that with your classes I’ll achieve my goal. I would ask you one thing: in the last sentence the use of the word “that” is correct? I have doubt about this. Thank you one more time.

May be i am wrong but i think ‘when he grow up is correct’ if we take it as Interrogative sentence

Wednesday, June 12th 2013

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Okay I think I know what you mean.
To make a sentence as you said ( interrogative sentence) , I guess it goes like ‘ When does he grow up? ‘ Is that what you meant? but that sentence doesn’t make sense.. Please read it again. When..? ‘Where’ would be okay but when..?

As always too.. I´m a little bit late in order to make compliments but I´ve heard that it´s never too late ! Dear miss Emma you look it´s like spring flowers, almost perfect and I have to confess that your classes Miss Emma have being brought me some king of concentration troubles because of you beauty.., Have a very good day and please excuse me in adavance if you take these words misappropiate. Take care, from Argentina.
Javier.

Hello.emma
I have some question unanswered in mind
1) What does language mean to you?
2) How can student articulate their thinking in writing?
3) What is the difference between language and speech?
4) What is PLS or pictological system?
5) I have heard that we have some formula to creat iiregular verbs in English I want know how a verb changes to be an irregular one.
6) what is the defference between the activator and the synonym of a word?
thanks in advance

Hello,Emma! Thank you for your lesson. I have a question, actually not referring to the topic. In your last test it is written: “If you had [grown up] in New York, your English would probably be better.”. I thought that the correct form is: “If you had [grown up] in New York, your English would HAVE probably BEEN better.” Please, explain to me where I am wrong. Thanks a lot.

Thank you so much, Emma.
i don’t really understand with this lesson. i got 8 correct in this quiz. there are two questions which are wrong answer, they are number 7 and 8. can you tell me why we use “Grow” in those sentences?

Saturday, March 12th 2016

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you should use Grow in all cases (for people sometimes) but for Grow up it’s always be with a people / in Qst 7 & 8 it’s talking about son & audience so u should use Grew (past) and grown :)

Hello my pieasure teacher and every one there. Emma, thanks for your clarification and your presentation.I was very confused as using these two Before waatching this lesson but now I know the different between them two confusing Words.

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